• (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 1992
  • Cover
  • Version Notice
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgements
  • Figures
    • The New OS/2 Version 2.0 Logo
    • Evolution of OS/2
    • 4GB Global Linear Address Space
    • Process Address Space Layout
    • Address Translation - Linear Address to Physical Address
    • Page Swapping
    • Mapping 16:16 Memory References
    • Thunk Concept
    • Thunks - 16-Bit versus 32-Bit
    • 16:16 Shared Address Ranges
    • DosDebug Function
    • Sample DosDebug Function Call
    • OS/2 Version 2.0 Installation
    • The Initial System Configuration Screen
    • Selecting Features to Install
    • Configuration Details
    • Installation Progress Indication
    • OS/2 Version 2.0 Tutorial
    • A Typical OS/2 Version 2.0 CONFIG.SYS
    • OS/2 Version 2.0 I/O Related Components
    • Hard Disk Layout
    • FDISKPM Showing Disk One (of a Two Disk System)
    • FDISKPM Showing Disk Two (of a Two Disk System)
    • FDISK Utility (in Full-Screen Mode)
    • Boot Manager Selection Menu
    • Boot Manager Selection Menu - Advanced Mode
    • 80386 General, Segment, and Status Registers
    • Real Mode Addressing
    • Protected Mode Addressing - without Paging
    • Protected Mode Addressing - with Paging
    • 80386 Ring-Oriented Privilege Scheme
    • Virtual 8086 Environment - Memory Management
    • Micro Channel Participants and Data Transfer Paths
    • Basic Data Transfer Mode
    • Streaming Data Mode
    • Multiplexed Streaming Data Mode
    • SCSI Subsystem Block Diagram
    • Adapter Component Block Diagram
    • SCSI BIOS Interface Block Diagram
    • IBM SCSI Adapter I/O Ports
    • Overview of Delivery Support
    • Locate Mode Control Block Delivery Structure
    • SCB Structure Used by the IBM SCSI Adapter
    • IBM SCSI Adapter Scatter/Gather List
    • IBM SCSI Adapter Termination Status Block
  • Tables
    • Memory Object Classes
    • Partition Format Accessibility
    • IPF NLS Language Files
    • NLS Country Codes and Codepages
    • Data and Address Bus Widths for Micro Channel Participants
  • Special Notices
  • Preface
  • Related Publications
  • Overview
    • Intel 80386 32-Bit Microprocessor Support
    • Memory Management
    • Task Management
    • 32-Bit Programming Environment
    • 16-Bit Application Compatibility
    • Installation
    • Hardware Exploitation
    • Boot Manager
    • Multiple Virtual DOS Machines
    • Windows Application Support
    • Workplace Shell
    • Summary
  • Memory Management
    • Introduction
    • Flat Memory Model
    • Memory Objects
      • Allocation and Management
      • Guard Page Technique
      • Virtual Memory Management
      • Page Attributes
      • Memory Protection
    • Physical Memory Management
      • Address Translation
      • Managing Paging
      • Processing Page Faults
    • 16-Bit Applications in a 32-Bit Environment
      • Address Conversion and Translation
      • Thunking
      • Shared Memory
      • Program Loading
    • Summary
  • Task Management
    • Dispatching
      • 16-Bit Application Support
      • 32-Bit Application Support
    • Interrupt Handling
    • Signal and Exception Handling
    • Thread Management
      • Creating Threads
      • Controlling Threads
      • Waiting On and Terminating Threads
    • Semaphores
    • Summary
  • Debugging Support
    • Functional Description
    • What Can Be Debugged
    • DosDebug() Function
    • Summary
  • Installation Considerations
    • Pre-Installation Planning
      • Processor Requirements
      • Memory Requirements
      • Fixed Disk Requirements
    • Beginning Installation
    • Installation Options
      • Installing Optional Features
      • Configuring System Parameters
    • Progress Indication
    • After Installation
    • Understanding the System Parameters
    • Starting Programs Automatically
    • Selective Install
    • Recovering the Desktop
    • Installation from a LAN
    • Installing over Existing Versions
    • Summary
  • Hardware Considerations
    • Device Driver Support
      • Compatibility with OS/2 V1.3
      • Virtual Device Drivers
      • Device Helper Functions
      • New Disk Device Driver
      • Layered Device Driver Architecture
      • Base Device Drivers
    • File System Considerations
      • High Performance File System Changes
      • FAT File System Changes
      • Disk Volume Considerations
      • UNDELETE Command
      • Volume Manager
      • Pager (Swapper)
    • Hardware Support Levels
      • Large Main Memory Support
      • Microprocessor Support
      • Disk and SCSI Device Drivers
      • Video Display Support
      • AT Bus Serial Port Support
      • Pointing Device Support
      • When OS/2 Version 2.0 Will Not Run
    • Summary
  • Boot Manager
    • Boot Manager Architecture
      • Partitions
      • Logical Drives
      • Logical Drive Boot Names
      • Multi-Boot Block
      • Migration from Other Operating Systems
      • Performance Impacts
    • Partitioning the Fixed Disk
      • Boot Manager Installation
      • FDISKPM Program
      • FDISK Program
    • SETBOOT Utility
    • Selecting an Operating System
    • Sharing Partitions between Operating Systems
    • AIX Considerations
    • Operating System Restrictions
    • Summary
  • National Language Considerations
    • Single-Byte Languages
      • Iceland
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Hungary
      • Poland
      • Yugoslavia
      • Turkey
    • Double-Byte Languages
    • Bidirectional Languages
      • Installation
      • Programming Interface
      • Bidirectional User Interface
    • Message Files
    • Information Presentation Facility
    • Supported Countries
    • Summary
  • Intel 80386 Architecture
    • Physical Characteristics
    • Memory Addressing
      • Real Mode
      • Protected Mode (Segmented Memory Model)
      • Protected Mode (Flat Memory Model)
    • Paging
    • Task Switching
    • Protection
      • Type Checking
      • Limit Checking
      • Privilege Levels
      • Restriction of Procedure Entry Points
      • Reserved Instructions
    • Interrupts
    • Input/Output Processing
    • Virtual 8086 Mode
    • Numeric Coprocessor Utilization
    • Multi-Processing
    • The Intel 80486 Processor
  • Micro Channel Architecture and SCSI
    • Micro Channel Architecture
    • Micro Channel Participants
      • Bus Master Adapters
      • DMA Adapters
      • Simple Adapters
    • Data Transfer Modes
      • Basic Data Transfer Mode
      • Streaming Data Mode
      • Multiplexed Streaming Data Mode
    • Data Integrity and Exception Handling
      • Parity Checking
      • Synchronous Exception Signaling
    • IBM SCSI Implementation
      • What is SCSI?
      • IBM SCSI Adapters
      • Adapter Components
      • SCSI BIOS
      • Support for Generic SCSI Functions
    • Subsystem Control Block Architecture
      • I/O Port Definitions
      • Delivery Service Structure
      • Delivery Service Facilities
      • Additional Information
  • Lab Session - 32-Bit Memory Model
    • Objectives
    • Exercise 1 - Memory Allocation
      • Step 1 - Normal Memory Allocation
      • Step 2 - Memory Protection Violation
      • Step 3 - Large Memory Allocation
    • Expected Results from Exercise 1
      • Step 1
      • Step 2
      • Step 3
      • Source Code MEMLAB1.C
    • Exercise 2 - Memory Protection
    • Expected Results from Exercise 2
      • Source Code MEMLAB2.C
    • Exercise 3 - Multiple DOS Sessions
    • Expected Results from Exercise 3
      • Source Code MEMLAB3.C
      • Sample Input File for MEMLAB3.EXE
    • Exercise 4 - Multiple Threads
    • Expected Results From Exercise 4
      • Source Code MEMLAB4.C
    • Program to Display Swap File Size
      • Source Code SWAPSIZE.C
      • Include File SWAPSIZE.H
      • Resource File Source SWAPSIZE.RC
      • MAKE File SWAPSIZE.MAK
      • Module Definition File SWAPSIZE.DEF
      • Linkage Parameters SWAPSIZE.L
  • Glossary
    • address conversion
    • address translation
    • alias
    • ANSI
    • API
    • arena
    • Bidi
    • BIOS
    • bit
    • Boot Manager
    • boot name
    • byte
    • cdecl
    • CD-ROM
    • compatibility region
    • compatibility region mapping algorithm
    • CRMA
    • DDE
    • debugging
    • device driver
    • DLL
    • DMA
    • DOS
    • DosDebug()
    • DOS Settings
    • drag and drop
    • ESDI
    • extended attributes
    • extended partition
    • far
    • FAT
    • flat memory model
    • free swap frame linked list
    • FSD
    • gate
    • GB
    • GDT
    • general protection exception
    • global descriptor table
    • guard page
    • guard page exception
    • guard page technique
    • HPFS
    • IDT
    • IFS
    • Information Presentation Facility
    • interrupt
    • Installable File System
    • interrupt descriptor table
    • I/O
    • IOPL
    • IPF
    • KB
    • LDT
    • local descriptor table
    • logical drive
    • MB
    • MBB
    • MBR
    • memory object
    • mixed model programming
    • Multiple Virtual DOS Machines
    • multiplexed streaming data mode
    • MVDM
    • near
    • NPX
    • NULL
    • page
    • page ager
    • page directory
    • page directory base address
    • page directory base register
    • page fault exception
    • page frame
    • page offset
    • page table
    • partition
    • pascal
    • PDBR
    • PIB
    • PIC
    • POST
    • primary partition
    • privilege level
    • process address space
    • protected mode
    • RAM
    • real mode
    • ROM
    • SCB
    • SCSI
    • segment
    • segment selector
    • semaphore
    • service layer
    • signal
    • sparse object
    • streaming data mode
    • system region
    • TCB
    • TIB
    • thunk
    • tiled local descriptor table
    • transaction lookaside buffer
    • trap 000D
    • trap 000E
    • task state segment
    • TSS
    • virtual device driver
    • virtual page structure
    • virtual DOS machine
    • virtual machine
    • virtual 8086 mode
    • Workplace Shell
    • 0:32
    • 16:16
    • 16-bit
    • 16/32-bit region
    • 32-bit
    • 80386
    • 80486
    • _far16